I used a heavy weight pink linen discovered at The Fabric Cave. If you haven’t already heard of this place, it is a unique charity in Sydney where unwanted stash fabric is donated to be resold at bargain prices and support the very worthwhile cause. I went to make a donation of fabric and came home with 2.7 metres of this linen. It was only 115cm wide and I just squeezed my pattern pieces on, with scraps to spare. To make everything fit I shortened the coat by 10cm/4″ so it sits just above my knee.

The location of the in seam pockets in the front princess seam are just perfect. The lining is just a standard acetate lining that I had in stash.

This pattern is so beautifully drafted and came together so well, it was well worth the investment. It was such a thrill to work with a pattern that had been drafted by someone with many years of skill and experience, it really showed in every line and seam.

A Note from 2019

Although I’m not actively blogging any more, I still often refer to my notes on this website, it’s a great reference for me on my fitting issues, pattern reviews and a record of my sewing journey. In 2019 I made many older posts private, so you may get 404 page not found errors if you come here from an old link. I’ve also cleaned up bad formatting, corrected spelling and grammar and in some cases edited the text on older posts. I have made my old Flickr account private, so some posts that used Flickr may have missing images.